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Improving outcome accountability of block grants: Lessons learned from the preventive health and health services block grant evaluation
Lamia TL , Lowry GF , McLees AW , Frazier CM , Young AC . Am J Eval 2020 42 (2) 185-200 The flexibility federal block grants provide recipients poses challenges for evaluation. These challenges include aggregating data on wide-ranging activities grant recipients implement and the outcomes they achieve. In 2014, we began designing an evaluation to address the challenges of assessing outcomes and to improve outcome accountability for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant. Through the use of evaluability assessment methodology, review of existing data and the literature, and key informant interviews, we developed a measurement framework to assess outcomes resulting from recipients’ ability to use grant funds to meet their locally prioritized needs. We argue our evaluation approach demonstrates that block grants, and other similarly flexible programs, can be evaluated through appropriately designed measures. Our efforts challenge the idea that flexibility presents an insurmountable barrier to evaluation and outcome accountability for federal block grants. |
Achieving public health standards and increasing accreditation readiness: Findings from the National Public Health Improvement Initiative
Rider N , Frazier CM , McKasson S , Corso L , McKeever J . J Public Health Manag Pract 2017 24 (4) 392-399 OBJECTIVES: During 2010-2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention implemented the National Public Health Improvement Initiative (NPHII) to assist 73 public health agencies in conducting activities to increase accreditation readiness, improve efficiency and effectiveness through quality improvement, and increase performance management capacity. A summative evaluation of NPHII was conducted to examine whether awardees met the initiative's objectives, including increasing readiness for accreditation. DESIGN: A nonexperimental, utilization-focused evaluation with a multistrand, sequential mixed-methods approach was conducted to monitor awardee accomplishments and activities. Data analysis included descriptive statistics, as well as subanalyses of data by awardee characteristics. Thematic analysis using deductive a priori codes was used for qualitative analysis. RESULTS: Ninety percent of awardees reported completing at least 1 accreditation prerequisite during NPHII, and more than half reported completing all 3 prerequisites by the end of the program. Three-fourths of awardees that completed a self-assessment reported closing gaps for at least 1 Public Health Accreditation Board (PHAB) standard. Within 3 years of the launch of PHAB accreditation, 7 NPHII awardees were accredited; another 38 had formally applied for accreditation. CONCLUSIONS: Through NPHII, awardees increased collaborative efforts around accreditation readiness, accelerated timelines for preparing for accreditation, and prioritized the completion of required accreditation activities. |
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